Article posted on Thursday, February, 4th, 2010
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Article posted on Monday, January, 25th, 2010
Do you know a leading social entrepreneur? Are you a social entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs are innovators who implement practical and sustainable solutions to address problems in numerous areas including health, education, environment, access to technology and job creation. Whether they are set up as for profit or not-for-profit organizations, their primary focus is transformational and systemic social change. Social entrepreneurs aim for sustainability, typically through the sale of products or services, fees or key partnerships with companies or governments.
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Article posted on Tuesday, January, 12th, 2010
“Those words were spoken by one of the greatest leaders of our time. I fully agree, if you deep inside feel that something needs to be changed to the better, you must embody that change yourself in order to make a real difference in people’s daily lives.”
- read more about Emre Gürlers story about Africa’s Potential at Social Entrepreneurship Forum (SE FORUM).
Article posted on Monday, January, 4th, 2010
Dr. Ayittey was listed by The Foreign Policy as one of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” in 2008 who “are shaping the tenor of our time”. After looking at several TED-talks, I came by Mr George Ayittey’s TED-talk in Arusha, Tanzania. The Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.
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Article posted on Monday, December, 28th, 2009
This last part of the three part article-series, “Africa’s development dilemma” is Abdullahi Borus last piece (picture on the left side), his conclusion thoughts regarding “Africa’s development dilemma” .
Abdullahi is a Kenyan native and is currently an intern at United Nations High Commission for the Refugees (UNHCR) in New York City, at the same time as he’s pursuing his studies at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs in New York. Candidate for Masters in International Affairs, International Security Policy. Has also been working with news production and feature articles in English and Swahili at the BBC East African Bureau, Uganda Radio Network, Guardian Newspaper as well as carrying through UN Millennium Campaign in the media in East Africa.
The final part of this long part series will focus on NEPAD, an African driven initiative meant at addressing some of the crisis in Africa.
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Article posted on Tuesday, December, 22nd, 2009
“Africa must attract broad investment, not rely on handouts, if we are to sustain development”
There is a debate among geopolitical and economic commentators about the merits of Chinese versus western involvement with Africa. One argument is that Chinese investment is exploitative and undermines the development of democracy and human rights on the continent. Others view the matter in terms of competition, arguing that China is encroaching on the decades-long monopoly of the west over Africa’s natural resources.
Neither of these viewpoints addresses the core issues. First, major players in global investment and development are discussing Africa without engaging its people as equal partners. Second, Africans are not seen to be proactive in setting their own priorities and terms of engagement.
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